lawrence



(No Model.)

W. E. LAWRENCE.

CURRY 00MB.

No. 330,593. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

Jay

r. Washington. a, C.

STATES N ITE CURRY-COM B.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 830,593, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed August 10, 1885. Serial No. 174,017.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM E. LAWRENCE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curry-Combs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of currycombs provided with. cleaning attachments; and it consistsin the construction and arrangement of the attachment and comb, as fully set forth hereinafter, whereby I obtain increased rigidity and durability, and at the same time cheapen the manufacture.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of a curry-comb embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a rear end view showing the cleaning attachment locked in place. Fig. 3 is a front end view with the attachment swung away from the comb. Fig. 4 is a sectional view of the comb and attachment. Fig. 5-is a perspective view of the cleaning attachment, and Figs. 6 and 7 are modifications of the attachment.

The bodyA of the comb, the handle B, and comb-bars a may be constructed and arranged in any suitable or usual manner, and with these parts is combined the comb -cleaning piece 0. This piece consists of the scrapingbars 12 b and end plates, at d. The bars I) may be separate plates or strips, as shown in Fig. 7, or they may be formed by making parallel slots 00 in a continuous plate, as shown in the other figures of the drawings. The end plates, (2 d, are preferably of cast metal, cast with lugs 6, adapted to extend through openings in the scraper-plates, and to be riveted down on and thereby secure the end and scraper plates together, or separate rivets may be used for the same purpose. The end plate d is provided with projections, perforated and turned up to form ears 0 0, adapted to receive a crossrod or projecting pins, z, extending from the body of the comb, and serving as pintles on which the cleaning-piece may be swung either to the position shown in Fig. 4., with the bars b close to the comb-back, or outward, as shown in Fig. 3, to cause the bars I) to scrape and clean the comb bars. The end piece d is provided with a projection, 8, upon which pressure may be applied to carry the cleaningpiece away from the comb-body.

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To retain the cleaning-piece in place when in the position'shown in Fig. 4, I use a spring, L, with a rounded terminal rib, a, which extends through a slot, y, in the back comb-bar, and catches beneath the inner bar or plate I) of the cleaning-piece and holds it in place until sufficient power is applied to force back the spring and let the bar I) slip past the same.

Heretofore it has been common to secure retaming-springs to the handles, so that if the latter become loose or lost the spring was displaced and failed to secure the cleaning-piece in position. To prevent this, I secure the spring to the comb-body at some pointfor instance, to the brace or standardm, extending from the tang downward to the inner combbar. The plates (1 d not only serve as means of connecting the bars b to each other, and of imparting rigidity to the cleaning-piece, but they also serve, when the cleaning-piece is thrown in, to brace and strengthen the combbars, and as a means of connecting the bars to the comb-body.

I have shownthe plates d d as separate; but they may be connected in one piece with side bars or strips.

To further strengthen the scraping or cleaning piece I may provide each plate (1 d with fingers t, extending inward, and preferably riveted by rivets e to the plates or bars.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, I claim- 1. A curry-comb provided with a cleaningpiece, 0, consisting of strips or plates 11 and end plates, d d, secured to said strips, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the curry-comb having a cross-bar i, of a cleaning-piece consisting of strips b and end pieces, 01 d, the former carrying perforated ears 0 0, adapted to receive said pins, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the comb and hinged cleaning-piece consisting of the strips 12 and terminal cross-plates d d, secured to said strips, one of the cross-plates having a projection, s, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, With the scraper-blades b, of end plates, (1 d, secured thereto and having inward-projecting fingers t, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the comb body, hinged cleaning-piece O, and spring secured to the body and extending through one of the con1b-bars to engage with the scraper, as set 5 forth.

6. The comb provided with an inner bar having a slot, y, in combination with a hinged scraper-piece and with a spring secured to the body and provided with a lip or rib extending through the slot, substantially as set 10 forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WVM. E. LAWRENCE. Witnesses:

J NO. D. LAWRENCE, WM. H. WOODHULL. 

